American Singer & Songwriter

Sara Loera | Biography

Worked as a DJ in the late 2000s

• By Reena Chikanbanjar
• Update : October 17, 2021

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Sara Loera is an American singer-songwriter. She formerly worked as a DJ and bartender.

Who Is Sara Loera?

Sara Loera is a California native singer and songwriter. She began her professional singing career in 2010. Loera initially performed with different bands in Asia for a couple of years. She then worked as a live and session singer in the United States. Later, she released her eponymous EP in 2015. Loera has also released two albums, Interpretations (2016) and The Undiscovered Country (2019). 

Besides her career as a singer, Loera worked as a bartender from 2005 to 2017. She was a DJ for three years in the late 2000s. She also worked as a sales, marketing, and promotions manager for a few years. Before that, Loera served as a writing center tutor in the early 2000s.

Early Age and Education

Sara Loera was born in Anaheim, California. She was interested in music from a very young age. As a child, Loera played flute and piano. She then sang and danced throughout her youth. Loera performed in musicals at Fullerton Junior College. In her late teenage years, she danced professionally in small productions around Los Angeles.

After graduating high school, she initially planned to major in theater at her undergraduate level, but she quickly realized that was not the right fit for her. She then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies from California State University, Long Beach, in 2007. While at California State University, she was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society.

A decade later, she enrolled at Irvine Valley College and graduated with a Master’s degree in Associate of Arts (AA), Music-Vocal Performance, in 2020.

Career

Loera began her career as a writing center tutor at Fullerton College in January 2000. She spent three years working closely with adults of different age groups to help them develop creative writing and essay writing skills. Then, from December 2002 to February 2005, she worked as an assistant retail sales manager for women’s retail brand, Bebe.

After leaving Bebe, she started working as a bartender at Fred’s Mexican Cafe in March 2005. Within a year of working at the cafe, she was promoted to bar trainer. After working there for over 12 years, she left her job to focus on singing. 

During her time working at the cafe, she continued working in sales, marketing, and management. From August 2006 to April 2007, she served as a part-time marketing manager at Marketing Factory Inc. in Los Angeles, California. In November 2007, she joined a management services company ADP in Long Beach, California. She served the company for ten months as a full-time district manager. From July 2008 to November 2010, she worked as a promotions manager at Cumulus Media, a media, advertising, and marketing services company in Los Angeles, California.

Career As a DJ

Loera worked as a DJ in the late 2000s. In her eponymous website, she mentioned though she could not study as per her plan, she did not suppress her love for music. Loera found a passion for collecting rare 50s vinyl and then worked as a DJ for three years in clubs in Los Angeles. She did one of her first DJ gigs in 2008 at a club called Rock n’ Roll Cabaret at Vertigos in Downtown Los Angeles. She also played in popular garage rock bands around Southern California.

Career As a Singer

After serving as a DJ for a few years, Loera scored her first professional singing gig in Asia. According to her LinkedIn bio, she began her career as a singer in December 2010. For almost two years, she toured around Asia, performing with different bands. And when Loera returned to the United States, she became a professional singer. She then started working full-time as a live and session singer. According to her LinkedIn profile, Loera earned over $70,000 annually as a professional vocalist. 

She also worked with some of the top record producers, including David Foster. Additionally, she performed at Mastro’s Restaurant weekly for eight years. She also earned a label as one of the high demand and diligent singers at the restaurant. 

Music Albums

In 2015, Loera released her self-titled EP, which comprised five songs. She then released her first album titled Interpretations on 26 December 2016. The album contained ten tracks, including ‘Sympathy for the Devil,’ ‘Dreams,’ ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’ In 2019, she released her second album titled The Undiscovered Country. Her second album comprised twelve songs, including ‘I Am Brace,’ ‘To Be or Not to Be,’ and ‘The Fifth Dimension.’

Instagram and YouTube

Loera has an Instagram account, where she frequently posts photos with her family members. She also posts selfies, photoshoots, and singing videos. Her Instagram account has almost 11,000 followers as of October 2021.

She also has an eponymous YouTube channel with nearly 21,000 subscribers as of October 2021. She published her first YouTube video on 6 June 2013. On her YouTube channel, she mostly posts music-related content, including cover songs and singing tips.

Is Sara Loera Married?

Loera is unmarried as of 2021. However, she is private about her personal life, and it is unknown if she is in a relationship.